Milan Martić
Milan Martić | |
|---|---|
Милан Мартић | |
Martić in 2009 | |
| 4th President of Republic of Serbian Krajina | |
| In office 23 January 1994 – 7 August 1995 | |
| Prime Minister | Borislav Mikelić Milan Babić Milorad Buha |
| Preceded by | Milan Babić |
| Succeeded by | Position abolished |
| 1st Interior minister of Republic of Serbian Krajina | |
| In office 19 December 1991 – 26 January 1994 | |
| Preceded by | Position established |
| Succeeded by | Ilija Prijić |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 18 December 1954 Žagrović, PR Croatia, FPR Yugoslavia |
| Nationality | Serb |
| Political party | Serb Party of Socialists |
| Children | Duško Martić |
| Profession | Chief of police |
Milan Martić (Serbian Cyrillic: Милан Мартић; born 18 December 1954) is a Croatian Serb politician and war criminal who served as the president of the unrecognized Republic of Serbian Krajina, a self-proclaimed state largely populated by Serbs of Croatia that wished to break away from Croatia during the Croatian War of Independence.
After the war, Martić was indicted for war crimes by the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) in 2005 was convicted of war crimes on 12 June 2007 and sentenced to 35 years in prison where he was transferred to in 2009. He is serving his sentence in Estonia.